Transgender and gender non-conforming youth need specialized information. Puberty is always rugged, but it's especially difficult when you discover you're going through the wrong puberty. Never have we had such a blunt, but honest, guide to honor and support this population!

Thursday, December 10, 2015

"'Where's MY Book?' A Guide for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Youth, Their Parents, & Everyone Else" is now on Amazon Kindle. I am especially happy that this allows more people to read this information at a lower cost ($9.99) - and to do so with greater privacy. Check it out on Amazon.com. The paperback version, made so beautiful by the paintings of Jacqui Beck as shown, is selling one-by-one all over the country. It is so gratifying to see books purchased by folks in very small towns where resources for the trans community are limited. www.LindaGromkoMD.com

Saturday, November 21, 2015

Aidan Key's address at the Transgender Day of Remembrance Ceremony at City Hall last night was one of the most powerful speeches I have ever heard. Congratulations, Aidan. In honor of this, I'm posting a painting done by Jacqui Beck specifically to represent Aidan and titled, "Standing Forth."

Standing Forth by Seattle Artist Jacqui Beck

Understandably, it was chosen for the title page of "'Where's MY Book?' A Guide for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Youth, Their Parents, & Everyone Else." Extraordinary speech, extraordinary event.

Sunday, November 15, 2015

To Amazon buyers, thank you so very much for a couple of early reviews! Reviews mean a lot in promoting any book, and I am grateful.We all know how important this book is: whether it's a puberty book for a young teen or the puberty book you never had, this book will provide a great deal of information. And information saves lives!

Seattle Artist Jacqui Beck's "Standing Forth"

If you've read the book, and find it worthwhile, please take a few moments to post a review on Amazon. Thank you.

Saturday, October 31, 2015

There's nothing like picking up the first copies of a newly born book! Writing Where's MY Book? A Guide for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Youth, Their Parents & Everyone Else has been a labor of love.Having worked with transgender clients for almost eighteen years, I have long recognized the need for credible information - particularly for young people. But even for people who've already transitioned years ago, this is the puberty book you never had!This book is enormously enhanced by the artwork of Jacqui Beck - many of the paintings in this book come from her Gender Personal Exhibit (www.JacquiBeck.com).

I rated the book "R for Realistic." We use real words, and show real anatomic illustrations. Too much realism? I don't think so. The people I treat have already been all over the Internet!The book will be available shortly on Amazon.com, and in e-Book formats through Kindle and Nook. Take care,Linda Gromko, MD

Dr. Gromko has worked with the transgender community for nearly eighteen years. This resource brings experience with thousands of patients to help trans and gender non-conforming youth survive and thrive. She addresses: coming out, gender identity, sexual orientation, hormones, puberty blockers, presentation, gender affirming surgeries, personal safety, changing documents, school, love and sex, and much more. Twelve doctors, plus countless clients have weighed in to present a responsibly written resource. This is honest information, lovingly shared. Colorful, whimsical paintings of Seattle artist Jacqui Beck guide the reader through the book - interspersed with anatomically correct medical illustrations.Available on Amazon.com in paperback and e-book formats in November, 2015.

Other books by Dr. Gromko:

Complications: A Doctor's Love Story

'Let Me Go When the Banter Stops:' A Doctor's Fight to Save the Love of Her Life

Author Bio

Linda Gromko, MD, founded Seattle's Queen Anne Medical Associates PLLC in 1989. She trained as a nurse and worked as a nurse practitioner at Planned Parenthood before entering the University of Washington School of Medicine in 1980. Her practice has always had a strong emphasis on women's health care. Dr. Gromko stopped delivering babies in 2005. Transgender medicine grew out of a client's initial request, "Does Dr. Gromko treat transgender women?" - to which Linda replied, "Not yet!" Dr. Gromko is a member of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, and a frequent speaker in the area of trans medicine.

Dr. Gromko's Websites/Blogs

Your Responses are Invited!

To make this book truly useful, your input is requested! Write your own experiences. Tell me what has been left out of the book. (I fully recognize that whole categories have yet to be addressed; this is a start!). Respond to blog above or write me at qama@integra.net.